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mmaunder on Dec 28, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: 6 month read-through/discussion of Gödel, Escher, ...

How do you know someone's read GEB? They tell you.

irahul on Dec 28, 2011 [–]

<snark> How do you know someone hasn't read GEB? They pass snarky remarks when someone mentions they have read GEB. </snark>

That aside, offering to help people with a difficult book is different from flaunting having read the book.

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